Japan Poem # 49

Day # 21 : Arrival back in Osaka

(Hozen-ji Temple)

I am not defeated by the rain.
I am not defeated by anything.
Eventually, the rain
returns to the ocean.
Eventually, I will return
to the morning dew.
There is no hopeless journey.
Only a hopeless effort.
The rain, the ocean
and my soul they are one.
This is the way.

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